Surely they will improve on last season. I’m assuming that’s what west ham fans want. It’s going to take awhile but it looks like they are starting to build something. They aren’t going to crack the top 6 over night.

@RealGunner wrote:They are building something really interesting. I do suspect a striker is next and maybe some defensive signings (low key).

They were supposedly building something interesting when they signed Zabaleta, Arnautovic and Hernadez last summer, before that they were building something interesting when they signed Feghouli, Ayew and Töre, before that it was Payet, Ogbonna and Song - plus about a million less notable other signings. Payet obviously was a hit, but even he stayed for only 1.5 seasons. They've been trying to get this project going for so long now that I only consider it interesting if they actually succeed, not a minute earlier.

I'm still of the belief that any Liverpool fan that talks about they can't financially compete with the "bigger clubs" should be hit with a pie in the face.

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Transfer fees are a different story than wages. Lots of clubs spend quite happily large sums in transfer fees, because the player is an asset that will retain value as long as he's under contract. Like when Dortmund bought Yarmolenko and according to transfermarkt paid €25m for him. They want to get rid of him a year later and West Ham buy him for €20m. So, Dortmund really paid only €5m for that asset. But when some melt decides to pay a washed up Alexis Sanchez £400k in weekly wages, that is nothing but an expense that will never be recouped.